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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-21889

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 3/27/2025 11:15:56 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

								
							
							
						
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf/core: Add RCU read lock protection to perf_iterate_ctx()

The perf_iterate_ctx() function performs RCU list traversal but
currently lacks RCU read lock protection. This causes lockdep warnings
when running perf probe with unshare(1) under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y:

	WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
	kernel/events/core.c:8168 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!

	 Call Trace:
	  lockdep_rcu_suspicious
	  ? perf_event_addr_filters_apply
	  perf_iterate_ctx
	  perf_event_exec
	  begin_new_exec
	  ? load_elf_phdrs
	  load_elf_binary
	  ? lock_acquire
	  ? find_held_lock
	  ? bprm_execve
	  bprm_execve
	  do_execveat_common.isra.0
	  __x64_sys_execve
	  do_syscall_64
	  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe

This protection was previously present but was removed in commit
bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling"). Add back the
necessary rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pair around
perf_iterate_ctx() call in perf_event_exec().

[ mingo: Use scoped_guard() as suggested by Peter ]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fe8813baf4b2e865d3b2c735ce1a15b86002c74
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2475ccad6120546ea45dbcd6cd1f74dc565ef6b
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd536566dda9a551fc2a2acfab5313a5bb13ed02
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f390c2eea571945f357a2d3b9fcb1c015767132e